Roast

Medium/Dark

Process

Fully Washed

In The Cup

Chocolate, Caramel & Grape

Grown: Imbabura

Altitude: 1,200-1,700m

Varietals: Bourbon, Caturra

Producers: The Female Producers of the Rio Intag area

Café Mujeres (Women’s Coffee) is a project led by a dry mill based in Quito who saw the
gender inequalities in coffee production and started organising the women producers of the
area of Rio Intag into an association.
This project started in 2010 and up to date it has encompassed over 320 producers directly.
Its aim is to make women feel empowered and take ownership of their profession as coffee
growers and producers of a high quality product, it also gives them the opportunity to work
in a safe environment and to be financially independent.
Café Mujeres is not only important for gender equality in the area but for protection of the
natural biosphere against mining. For many years, the community of Rio Intag has been
fighting against mining in the area to protect the biodiversity, their soil and water. Coffee
production offers the locals a sustainable alternative economy to mining.